The Academy Won’t Save Us: Black Women’s Health in Higher Education

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Black women working in higher education as administrators, faculty, and staff face daily harms and traumas that affect their emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual health and well-being. Black women are often hazed, shamed, and unsupported in myriad ways that put their health and their future at risk. Even when colleges and universities highlight their commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, they rarely address the institutional and intersectional realities facing Black women. It is time for us to move beyond describing the problem and lean into discovering how to cope, survive, thrive,and embrace joy in our lives.

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Work Modalities in Student Affairs

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This podcast features a panel sharing their personal experiences and perspectives on topics in and around work modalities. Listen to their stories and hear about challenges of international work visas, the importance of finding work modalities that work for you, and reimagining ways to incorporate travel into your work and discover the joys of working abroad.

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The Humor Habit: Rewire Your Brain to Stress less, Laugh More, and Achieve More’er

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Comedian, keynote speaker, recovering student affairs professional, and author of The Humor Habit, Paul Osincup talks about humor as a skill you can develop to help with your personal well-being and to be more effective as a leader. He offers insights on the neuroscience of humor, helpful strategies to be funny (without being icky), and lots of laughs.

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Global Contexts for Leadership Scholarship, Education, and Practice

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Join three leadership scholars and practitioners as they discuss the International Leadership Association's General Principles for Leadership Programs. They focus on international contexts, colonization, culture, and critical perspectives. This conversation is relevant to leadership educators and leaders within and beyond higher education. How do we cultivate leadership informed by context and an international perspective?

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Exploring Staff Attrition and Retention in Student Affairs

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Studies have pointed to the emerging increase of student affairs professionals leaving their roles and even opting to leave the field entirely. While there is a growing number of studies and testimonials why student affairs professionals are opting to leave their roles, there are also reasons why student affairs professionals choose to stay. In this episode, a panel of guests share their perspective on this topic and the retention and departure of student affairs professionals.

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Student Affairs Legends Then and Now: Kevin Kruger

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NASPA President Kevin Kruger joins us to look back and look forward on higher education trends, students, student affairs, and student affairs leadership. He shares the evolutions he has witnessed, the trends emerging, as well as his worries and hopes for what is ahead.

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Undocumented Students: Context, Equity, Humanity, & Joy

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Three scholars join us to discuss undocumented students' experiences and the implications for higher education. They begin by offering the sociocultural contexts and move into a more expansive understanding of who undocumented students are and their complex experiences. They also share the humanity, joy, and contributions of these students from their research.

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Living-Learning Communities in Practice

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Drs. Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas, Mimi Benjamin, and Jody E. Jessup-Anger discuss their new book, Living-Learning Communities in Practice which builds on their previous book Living-Learning Communities That Work. In this conversation, they discuss a revised model as well as new typologies and logics informed by practitioner input to help LLCs thrive in practice.

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100 Years of ACPA History  

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As ACPA celebrated its 100th anniversary as an association, this panel of four ACPA Presidents reviewed its history to inform its current context and its future. The conversation explores why ACPA's history matters, two themes of advancing our professional development and our with students on campuses, and bridging the past and the future.

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The College Student’s Guide to Mental Health

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For more than twenty years, Mia Nosanow worked as a therapist with college students. In her new book, The College Student’s Guide to Mental Health, she shares how college students can prioritize their mental health and thrive in college. In this conversation, she shares what she learned from students, sharing the heart of their experiences, the emerging themes, and the multiple ways to tend to these challenges for all humans. The book and this conversation are useful for college students, families, and student affairs professionals.

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